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January 30, 2015 | HRC Staff

HRC Conference for Educators to Highlight Well-Being of LGBT Youth

Event in February Features Sessions on Bullying, Conversion Therapy Dangers, Homelessness, and Helping LGBTQ Youth Thrive in the Classroom and Beyond

January 30, 2015 | HRC Staff

Under Duress, Exxon Changes Non-Discrimination Policy To Qualify For Federal Contracts

Energy Giant Had Consistently Denied LGBT Workers Basic Protections, and Lied About It

January 29, 2015 | Stephen Peters

LGBT Youth Deserve To Learn in Environments Free From Harassment, Bullying

Newly reintroduced Safe Schools Improvement Act would require school districts to adopt codes of conduct specifically prohibiting bullying and harassment

January 28, 2015 | Ianthe Metzger

Grammy Award-Winning Musicians Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer To Partner with HRC

Popular Children's Music Duo Will Debut New Album At HRC, Pledges Portion of Proceeds to HRC School Inclusion Program

January 27, 2015 | HRC Staff

HRC Condemns Rep. Chris Smith’s Rejection of LGBT Rights as Human Rights

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, condemns Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) for his comments during today’s House Foreign Affairs…

January 27, 2015 | HRC Staff

AL Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore Urges Gov to Ignore Federal Marriage Equality Ruling

MONTGOMERY –In a letter dated January 27th and obtained by AL.com, Roy S. Moore, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court wrote to Governor Robert Bentley to express his outrage…

January 27, 2015 | HRC Staff

HRC to LDS Leadership: True Protections Shouldn't Leave Anyone Behind

Potential Religious Exemptions Would Undermine Church Elders’ Endorsement of Housing, Public Accommodation and Workplace Protections

January 26, 2015 | Ianthe Metzger

Pressure Mounts for BSA to Change Anti-LGBT Policy: CA High Court Bars Judges from Participating

HRC Hails Ethics Rule Change That Reflects Movement in Corporate World to Stop Funding Discriminatory Non-Profits

January 26, 2015 | Stephen Peters

Victory! Saks Withdraws Assertion Claiming Transgender People Are Not Protected by Title VII

U.S. Department of Justice files historic statement in the case asserting that Title VII prohibits discrimination against transgender people

January 26, 2015 | Stephen Peters

Eight Ways Oklahoma Lawmakers are Attacking LGBT People and Their Families

Two of the nation’s top LGBT civil rights organizations join Oklahoma’s state equality organization to strongly condemn eight appallingly vicious bills attacking LGBT people and their families